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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversees suicide drone tests

State media shows Kim looking ecstatic after test in which drones crashed into what appeared to be a tank.

Al Jazeera · Aug 26, 2024

North Korean leader says thousands of flood victims will be brought to capital for temporary care

North Korean leader says he will not seek outside help to recover from floods that devasted areas near the country’s border with China

The Independent UK · Aug 10, 2024

North Korea Deploys 250 Missile Launchers To Southern Border: KCNA

North Korea has deployed 250 ballistic missile launchers to its southern border, with leader Kim Jong Un describing the weapons as a "powerful treasured sword" to defend its sovereignty, state media said Monday.

International Business Times · Aug 5, 2024

North Korea’s state media breaks silence over rare medals at Paris Olympics

Table tennis silver medallists Jong Sik Ri and Kum Yong Kim could be seen posing with bronze medallists Jonghoon Lim and Yubin Shin of South Korea after breaking an eight-year run without a medal at the Summer Olympics

The Independent UK · Aug 1, 2024

Recent rains in North Korea flooded thousands of houses and vast farmland, state media says

North Korea says the recent heavy rains in northwestern North Korea flooded thousands of houses and a vast extent of farmland and left many residents homeless and living in makeshift tents

The Independent UK · Jul 31, 2024

5,000 people rescued from flooding in North Korea in evacuation efforts led by Kim, report says

North Korea says more than 5,000 people were rescued from weekend flooding in airlifts and other evacuation efforts supervised by leader Kim Jong Un

The Independent UK · Jul 29, 2024

North Korea claims ballistic missile test with ‘superlarge warhead’

South Korean military says Pyongyang’s claim of successful launch ‘likely to be false’.

Al Jazeera · Jul 2, 2024

North Korea says its recent missile tests involved new ballistic missile with 'super-large warhead'

North Korea says it has test-fired a new tactical ballistic missile capable of carrying a huge warhead

The Independent UK · Jul 2, 2024

North Korea says it conducted successful test of multiwarhead missile

It is the first known test of a so-called MIRV by Pyongyang, but South Korea is questioning the claim.

Al Jazeera · Jun 27, 2024

N.Korea Says Successfully Conducted Multiple-warhead Missile Test: KCNA

North Korea claimed to have successfully tested its multiple-warhead missile capability, according to state-run KCNA news agency Thursday.

International Business Times · Jun 26, 2024